Sofia Coppola revisits her best directorial work with her mother for a new documentary. The film’s first trailer is finally here, offering fans a glimpse into Sofia’s filmmaking process through her mom’s lens.
MUBI has released the official trailer for Making Marie Antoinette, a documentary that offers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the production of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette. Sofia’s mother, Eleanor Coppola, directed the documentary film.
Marie Antoinette premiered at the 53rd Telluride Film Festival on September 5. It is now scheduled to arrive in select theaters in the US, UK, and Canada, on October 23, before making its global streaming debut on MUBI on November 6.
Check out the Making Marie Antoinette trailer below:
What happens in the Making Marie Antoinette trailer?
Making Marie Antoinette features the never-before-seen footage of Eleanor Coppola videotaping the production of her daughter Sofia Coppola’s 2006 movie Marie Antoinette. The mother-daughter duo revisited 80 hours of that footage during the COVID-19 pandemic and edited it into this feature-length documentary.
The trailer opens with a BTS shot of Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette on set. The clip cuts to a montage of video tapes Eleanor captured during filming, including intimate interviews with Sofia.
The preview offers a taste of some exciting anecdotes from the production, fun moments with the cast and crew, Sofia’s creative process, and more. Meanwhile, Diane Lane reads out Eleanor’s journals throughout the movie.
“I’m basically a shy person,” Lane narrates as Eleanor in the preview. “It’s counter to my personality to shoot a documentary. The last thing I want is to constantly be in people’s way, especially to Sofia.”
“At my age, shouldn’t I be engaged in my own creative process?” Eleanor reflects. “I’m an observer at heart. The miniature world in my viewfinder is constantly fascinating to me.”
Marie Antoinette premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d’Or. The movie also won Best Costume Design at the 79th Academy Awards.